From c53ccb37ae02b1f4b8e5b29fdd4e46e488a8a821 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruno Sutic <bruno@brunosutic.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2015 01:32:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Force `LF` eol with .gitattributes

---
 .gitattributes | 9 +++++++++
 CHANGELOG.md   | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .gitattributes

diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80772e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Force text files to have unix eols, so Windows/Cygwin does not break them
+*.* eol=lf
+
+# These files are unfortunately not recognized as text files so
+# explicitly listing them here
+tpm eol=lf
+bin/* eol=lf
+bindings/* eol=lf
+tests/* eol=lf
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5f16917..b565e8a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 - bug: when using `emacs` copy mode, Enter does not quit screen after tpm
   installation/update. Fix by making `Escape` the key for emacs mode.
 - add a doc with troubleshooting instructions
+- add `.gitattributes` file that forces linefeed characters (classic `\n`) as
+  line endings - helps with misconfigured git on windows/cygwin
 
 ### v3.0.0, 2015-08-03
 - refactor `shared_set_tpm_path_constant` function